Atomic Fock State Preparation Using Rydberg Blockade

作者:Ebert Matthew*; Gill Alexander; Gibbons Michael; Zhang Xianli; Saffman Mark; Walker Thad G
来源:Physical Review Letters, 2014, 112(4): 043602.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.043602

摘要

We use coherent excitation of 3-16 atom ensembles to demonstrate collective Rabi flopping mediated by Rydberg blockade. Using calibrated atom number measurements, we quantitatively confirm the expected root N Rabi frequency enhancement to within 4%. The resulting atom number distributions are consistent with an essentially perfect blockade. We then use collective Rabi pi pulses to produce N = 1, 2 atom number Fock states with fidelities of 62% and 48%, respectively. The N = 2 Fock state shows the collective Rabi frequency enhancement without corruption from atom number fluctuations.